The UK-based telecom major is looking at single name branding of its Indian joint venture firm, Vodafone-Essar (formerly Hutchison-Essar).
The service, first of its kind in the country, is expected to be launched shortly, if not within a week.
The high sum insured will allow the insurer the luxury of taking treatment in a deluxe room in premium priced hospitals and cover high-cost medical expenses for critical illnesses.
The content providers -- TV channels, FM Radio stations, e-commerce companies and credit card majors -- have blamed the service providers and mobile value-added services (VAS) operators for the problem.
Three Japanese submarine cable construction companies have been short-listed by Flag Telecom, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance Communications
If you want to buy the latest high-end phone, be ready to dump your current service provider
Flag Telecom, a subsidiary of Reliance Communications, has signed a $100 million
Making its foray into mobile content outsourcing, the CDMA major, Reliance Communications, has signed its first contract with a Singapore-based GSM service provider.
On 60th Independence Day, it is bonanza time for telecom subscribers with operators rolling out a range of services.
Next time you answer the phone, chances are there won't be a caller at the other end, but a recorded message trying to sell a product or service. It doesn't expect an answer, but goads you to punch in a few keys in acceptance or simply hang up.
Insurance agents of all life insurance companies selling unit linked insurance plans will now show rate of returns ranging between 6 and 10 per cent to customers.
Indian telecom operators are tuning in to digital music as an alternative revenue stream, with income from traditional modes starting to dry up.
Prudential ICICI's managing director, Shikha Sharma, talks about how the journey has been so far and also why she thinks unit-linked insurance plans are the best allocators of long-term funds.
The regulator has sought information from telecom licencees on their recovery methods, under an attempt to curb the growing problem.
GSM service provider Idea Cellular might get spectrum to start operations in the Mumbai circle by the end of the year, with the ministry of telecom close to clearing its application.
The Essar group-owned company's agreement with the Bangalore-based BPL group, which owns the brand through its flagship firm, had expired on March this year.
Pitroda is also considered the pioneer of the Indian telecom revolution, more than his reputation as a venture capitalist, inventor, technocrat and social thinker.
The companies are looking at tapping solar power, wind energy and bio-fuels, including fish and vegetable oil, to run base transceiver systems in areas with poor power supply.
Indian telecom companies are likely to get a windfall of Rs 100-150 crore (Rs 1 to Rs 1.5 billion) when they announce their first quarter results during this week.
Indian telecom operators are world-leaders in terms of profitability, enjoying better EBIDTA margin than their counterparts in developed countries.
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